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78Baking and cooking frustrations in Austria!
I tried Sacher Torte the first time I was in Vienna and loved it. When I moved to Austria bought recipe books, but it was a frustrating experience, as they don't measure ingredients with cups and spoons, but weigh them! I also had problems with baking pans and with ingredients like brown sugar, vanilla, baking powder, cream of tartar, gelatin and condensed milk!
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58My hub of calm and tranquillity
I provide thoughts and advice for people to find calmness and regain their balance. The advice centers on the use of the senses and imagination.
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71Caribbean: visiting the Santo Domingo promenade!
Author lived for 12 years in the Dominican Republic and now she pretends to make a tour of the Santo Domingo Malecon (seaside promenade) where she gets some typical products, like coconut water, Chimi-Churri, Presidente beer, frio-fio. She also goes on a horse drawn carriage, gets a colourful Haitian painting and gets some musicians to play merengue music.
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74Christmas and the seasons!
Comparing seasons and Christmas time in Peru, Australia, Dominican Republic and Austria.
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71Thanksgiving in other lands!
Author compares Thanksgiving in Lima, Peru, where they only had two seasons and Austria, where for the first time in her life she can experience all four seasons. Thankful for this year's crops she gets the idea to make a pumpkin pie, but she needs many tries. Steiermark, the province where she lives is rich in pumpkins and pumpkin seed oil.
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68Coca: head and heart!
Looking for coca sites for writing another blog, author runs across an interesting site about drugs and strategy. That site has articles, pictures and even jokes!
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75Mercedes Sosa: Latin American folk singer is gone, but her music prevails forever
Argentinean Mercedes Sosa, passed away on October 4, aged 74 and she was the most renowned Latin-American singer of her generation. She was known asLa Negra for her long, jet-black hair and she was famous...
77Not Hawaii for waves, or Dubai for dunes: try Peru instead!
Huacachina is a village in southwestern Peru, near the city of Ica. One has to remember that the Peruvian coast is mainly a dessert, so it is not surprising to find an oasis there and Huacachina happens to be...
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69Don't go to Hawaii for good surf, try Peru instead!
Peru is on the western side of South America and it has a 2,400 km long coast on the Pacific Ocean! The northern coastline of the country is attracting an increasing numbers of surfers and even the New York...
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67October in Lima, Peru!
The month of October in Peru is known as el Mes Morado (purple month), as the faithful traditionally wear a purple garment in honour of el Senor de los Milagros (Lord of the Miracles).
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